There are many different types of heart disease. Most happen due to plaque build-up from conditions like high blood pressure ...

Almost 40% of Americans will receive a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lifetime — but certain types are more common than others, statistics show. USAFacts, a Washington-based nonprofit that ...

Our heartbeat serves as a vital indicator, which shows how well our heart functions. The heart experiences irregular rhythms when it beats either too quickly, too slowly or irregularly. Arrhythmias ...

While nearly 40 million people in the US suffer from diabetes, some 8.7 million of them don’t even know they have the ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) includes two primary forms: obstructive CAD (OCAD), caused by plaque buildup in the arteries, and nonobstructive CAD (NOCAD), often due to artery function issues like ...

It is known that depression is linked to an increased incidence of metabolic diseases. Now scientists have discovered that ...

When we think of heart attacks, many of us imagine a stressed middle-aged male executive, addicted to ready meals and ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movement. Different types of ALS cause symptoms to begin in a certain part of the body and ...

Doctors categorize Alzheimer’s according to when it develops and which areas of your brain are affected. Researchers are also discovering different cellular patterns that may eventually be used to ...

A different kind of mosquito, a jumping spider and new diseases could be coming to Massachusetts due to climate change, an expert warns. Globally, temperatures have been rising, a product of global ...